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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Garraty and Jan sometimes stop after going to the movies?
(a) Dairy Stop.
(b) Dairy Joy.
(c) Dairy Ice.
(d) Dairy Queen.

2. Baker says there's a reservation close to his home. What tribe lives on the reservation?
(a) Blackfoot.
(b) Pawnee.
(c) Nez Perce.
(d) Seminole.

3. What Walker received his ticket in Augusta in the midst of the cheering?
(a) Milligan.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Barrett.
(d) Joe.

4. What causes Garraty to receive his second warning in Chapter 11?
(a) Tripping and trying to get back up.
(b) Stopping for a bowel movement.
(c) Helping Scramm.
(d) Falling asleep.

5. What is waiting for the Walkers on the entrance ramp of the turnpike in Chapter 11?
(a) Four-hundred-gun-salute.
(b) Television news crew.
(c) A marching band.
(d) The Major.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knows no fatigue in Chapter 11?

2. What do Garraty's legs feel like after climbing a hill in Chapter 10?

3. What three Walkers did people from out-of-state cheer for?

4. What is Scramm most likely ill with?

5. What does Garraty compare the crowd in Augusta to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?

2. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?

3. What is Pearson's plan for when he feels like he can't go on and why won't it work, according to Garraty?

4. What does Stebbins mean when he says to Garraty, "Maybe it's your edge"?

5. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?

6. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?

7. How does Barkovitch die?

8. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?

9. When the Walkers reach the 115-mile mark at the beginning of Chapter 9, what locations do they still have ahead of them and in what direction are they headed?

10. Why does Garraty want to see Barkovitch in Chapter 14?

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